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"Crackling day’ is a story about a young black boy in South Africa that challenges three white youths and‚ in so doing‚ challenges the political system of the whole country. The very famous writer Peter Abrahams wrote it. It set in Africa in the times of apartheid. Apartheid was a "system’ or a mentality as it were was apposed on South Africa after the Second World War and the country gained independence from Great Britain. This did not mean that it would be the South Africans that "ran’ the country
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Down the Rabbit Hole By: Peter Abrahams Imagine you are trapped in a house of a murdered woman. And her murderer was just a few inches away from you‚ but “luckily” you are hidden from view. You found your way in but seemingly you can’t get out. What would you do? The book Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams takes place in a small town called Echo Falls in Philadelphia. Ingrid was walking to soccer practice and got lost. That’s when she met Cracked Up Katie. She was considered
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Black Hurricane This is the story of the infamous black hurricane.He was called this because he had the power to make a black hole over himself transporting him to anywhere he wanted and getting there in no time at all (literally). This also meant he could put black holes over anyone he chose and transporting them to any jail based on the seriousness of the crime. He gained his power from how his parents genes mixed creating a human looking mutant and his responsibilities were the usual keep the
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Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Thomas was a strong and determined pioneer who found a moderate level of prosperity and was well respected in the community. The couple had two other children: Abraham’s older sister Sarah and younger brother Thomas‚ who died in infancy. Due to a land dispute‚ the Lincolns were forced to move from Kentucky to Perry County‚ Indiana in 1817‚ where the family "squatted" on public land to scrap
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Important Figures/People • Abraham was known as the founder/patriarch of the Jewish religion when he declared that he believes in the one true God. In Judaism‚ Abraham‚ previously known as Abram‚ is said to have received a message from the God. God told Abram to leave his home and family and in return God changed his name to Abraham‚ gave him His blessing and promised him he would become a great nation. Many years passed and as he grew old Abraham and his wife Sarai who was renamed Sarah worried
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God A Covenant is a promise that is made. There are many covenants that are recorded in the Bible‚ but one that really stands out from the others was God’s covenant with Abraham. God had a covenant with Abraham that he would have many descendants and land. There are two accounts of the covenant that God made with Abraham in the Bible‚ in Genesis fifteen and Genesis seventeen. Even though these two stories come from the Bible‚ they tell two different stories of how the covenant was actually established
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Abraham Lincoln / a photo-illustrated biography by T. M. Usel ; historical consultant : Steve Potts. Author: Usel‚ T. M. Imprint:Mankato‚ Minn. : Bridgestone Books : : Capstone Press‚ 1996. Physical Description24 p. : ill.‚ photos. Note:This book presents the life story of the sixteenth president of the United States who is known for ending slavery in the U.S. Note:Includes index. Note:Includes glossary. Note:Includes chronology. Library Shelf Location Call
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Peter the Apostle Peter the apostle was born BC 15 or so. Peter the apostle has been said to look like a very weak man. He was medium height‚ more so tall‚ and had very pale skin. Also‚ it has been said that Peter had a short‚ thick‚ curled beard‚ and very thin eyebrows‚ if not‚ no eyebrows at all. Another character trait of the Peter the apostle is that his eyes were almost all black‚ but had red marks due to weeping frequently. Peter the apostle‚ the most prominent of Jesus’ twelve disciples
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The significance of the black rose in ’Fragrance of Roses’ by Peter Carey ’The locals will now tell you that when they visited the old man’s glasshouse‚ they discovered the most beautiful rose that anyone could ever dream of. It was twice the size of a man’s fist and was almost black in colour‚ with just the faintest hint of red in its velvety petals.’ Fragrance of Roses is about a pitiful foreign old man who had lived in a poor village for twenty-five years. His only work was breeding roses
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